Next generation sourcing is reliant purely on digital representation. With the era of big data, social profiles are analyzed in a detailed format that … Read more
5 of the Most Creative Recruiting Campaigns
We love a good recruitment marketing campaign. In a world where passive candidates are saturated by job ads that don’t really motivate them to take action, … Read more
A Cousin of Siri Is Coming to the Recruiting Field
HiringSolved will soon unveil what it considers “Siri for recruiting,” an artificial intelligence assistant for recruiters. His name will be … Read more
Is this the End of XRay Search on LinkedIn?
Something’s happening on LinkedIn, recruiters. If you have a basic LinkedIn account and you regularly do X-ray searches on Google to find candidates on … Read more
The 3 Simple Rules For Following Up With Candidates
Following up can be tricky business – you want to make sure that you’re doing absolutely everything you can to get potential candidates to respond to you, … Read more
Pokemon Go is like stealing home! My journey toward being a Sourcer
One of the most exhilarating and pulse-pounding plays in baseball is stealing home. It does not happen much, but when it does, and it works, it is like … Read more
How To Build A High-Performance Sourcing Department – Part 5 Leading by Example
Sourcing requires a skill set that includes expertise in a variety of areas; such as cold calling, SEO, branding, social media and technology. Although … Read more
10 Things You Should Never Put in Your inMails…Like Ever
Are your inMails up to scratch? Let’s face it, sometimes it’s easy to cut corners when it comes to sourcing and contacting candidates on LinkedIn. The … Read more
Talent Mapping, Staying Ahead of the Game
Similar to a map of the world, talent maps are a visual guide to help us understand our competition by drawing out their landscape. It can be defined as a … Read more
How to Build a Talent Community with Slack
It’s time to break-up with your talent network. It’s not me, it’s your network and the lifeless pile of resumes that once held such great ambition. The … Read more
Giddy Up! The 2016 SourceCon Registration and Welcome Wagon
For you, it’s rote by now: arrive at the conference venue, pick up your badge and a brochure, perhaps a t-shirt, hug-hug-air kisses to folks you haven’t … Read more
The Rise and Rise of the “Glassdoor Generation”
When you researched your last holiday, did you look to see what other people had said about the hotel before you booked it? When you made a reservation at … Read more
Becoming a Talent Advisor using LinkedIn’s Search Insights Tool
What if I told you that there was a button in LinkedIn Recruiter, which could help change you into a Talent Advisor? Would you push it? Of course, you … Read more
5 Tips For Better Sourcing Via Improved Job Descriptions
Writing great job descriptions and advertisements that actually deliver the type of applicants you are targeting is a very overlooked aspect in sourcing. … Read more
The ‘Uberization’ of Recruitment: What You Need to Know
The ‘online gig economy’ is such a buzzword these days – but what exactly does it mean? In a nutshell, the online gig economy is basically about workers … Read more
Source Smarter: How to Build a Research and Sourcing Plan
Tools, technology, and the Internet have revolutionized the way sourcers conduct research and identify talent. I started sourcing at an in-between time … Read more
Recruiters’ Catch22: How to Define your Social ROI
Social has taken the recruitment world by storm. It has now become a core component of the marketing strategies for many recruiters, HR professionals, and … Read more
Go Beyond Job Postings: 3 Effective Ways To Attract And Hire Top Talent
Research shows that job boards on average gather 43% of all applications companies receive for new job openings. But while job boards may have the highest … Read more
What I Wish The Future Could Look Like – One Man’s Thoughts and Dreams For The Future of LinkedIn
Have you ever wished that you could Instant Message a candidate immediately after finding them on LinkedIn? That might be an improvement over the InMail, … Read more
7 Things You Absolutely NEED To Do Before You Start a LinkedIn Search
Abraham Lincoln once said, “Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.” Well, Abe sure did know what he was … Read more